Using my scale weight along with my body fat reading I can easily calculate how much of my weight change was fat, and how much was lean mass (note: JSF BodyShop™ makes these calculations for you automatically). Over the past week I’ve gained 1.2 pounds of fat and gained 1.2 pounds of lean mass; since the beginning of 2013 I’ve lost a total of 0.3 pounds of fat and gained a total of 1.1 pounds of lean mass.

My tape measurements (as measured by the MyoTape) show a quarter inch gain to my waist over the past week. Since the beginning of 2013 I’ve lost a quarter inch from my thighs and gained a quarter inch to my waist while all other tape measurements have remained the same.

My detailed stats (including all tape measurements) can always be found on JSF BodyShop™. Just create a free account (existing JSF Forum members should simply log in using their forum username and password) and search for me.

Well, considering how poor my diet was while I was on vacation, a 1.2 pound fat gain is not too bad. I really did eat poorly (but deliciously!) during the 9 days I was off. Also, I returned to work last week, but I wound up having two splurge meals: pork barbeque dinner on the 4th of July and pizza last night. In addition to those two splurge meals, I ate a bunch of corn tortilla chips along with some otherwise healthy homemade chicken fajitas. So it was more like three cheat meals last week. So, considering all of that, I’m pretty happy with a 2.4 pound gain, half of which is water weight from last night’s pizza.

My activity level has been very high, and that’s what helped neutralize my sloppy vacation diet. I’m coming off two record months of cycling activity (see “Back from vacation; Two months of road cycling; New equipment“); I’ve also been lifting weights and staying active in one form or another every single day.

I think it’s time for me to put some effort into dropping my weight now. I’d like to get down to the mid, or even the low, 160s. I’d prefer to do this with some small tweaks to my standard clean diet, but a formal cut is not out of the question if I feel it’s necessary (and it may be, you guys know how “all or nothing” I am). We’ll see…

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